Alliance for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo represents all that the Patriotic Front is. And Miti says the ruling party has succeeded in its mission to systematically erode citizens' rights. Speaking when he featured on a Diamond TV Program, Wednesday, Lusambo said there was a thin line...

Mufulira Wanderers Chief Executive Officer Chimwemwe Manda says their inability to produce high calibre players has negatively impacted the club. With the league expected to resume in three weeks’ time, Wanderers will once again face the nightmare of a possible relegation from Zambia’s top flight. Manda, however, is of the view that one of the...

Patson Daka bagged a hat-trick as Red Bull Salzburg thrashed Hartberg 6-0 in Sunday’s Bundesliga game. The Chipolopolo hitman opened the scoring four minutes into the game after an assist from Switzerland international of Nigerian descent Noah Okafor. Enock Mwepu doubled the score three minutes later before Daka made it three for Salzburg in a...

THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) says it will definitely meet its one million metric tonne maize target provided government disburses the required amount of money needed for making purchases. And the Agency says early payment to farmers for the maize supplied is what will allow them to reach the target, hence weekly meetings with government...

RENOWNED musician Brain Bwembya popularly known as B-Flow says some contributions to discussions on governance issues which he instigated have "high propensity to cause unnecessary confusion". In a statement released after a meeting with Presidential Press Aide Isaac Chipampe, Political Advisor Chris Zumani Zimba and Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo at State House, Monday, Bwembya...

A CONSORTIUM of civil society organisations says it’s unacceptable that power holders can demand apologies from Zambians who are exercising their right to express themselves on the state of governance. And the CSOs have agreed that Zambians are treated as second class citizens in their own country by the ruling elites and some foreigners working...

SOUTHERN Africa Network Against Corruption executive director Gregory Chifire has charged that as the 2021 elections approach, the ruling party will increase the level of stealing so as to raise money for campaigns. In an interview, Chifire said it would be reckless to expect President Edgar Lungu to fire Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya or...

THE cost of living for a family of five has continued rising to K7,195.60 in May, 2020, a new all-time high, according to the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR). And JCTR has echoed the need for government to cushion the poorest and marginalized in the country through enhanced social protection. In a statement showing...

ZESCO Limited has entered into a long-term power supply agreement with Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) following successful conclusion of negotiations. And Zesco has revealed that it is currently being owed millions of dollars by Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) for power supplied to the company under the recently expired Bulk Supply Agreement (BSA). In a statement,...

MINISTRY of Health permanent secretary in charge of administration Kakulubelwa Mulalelo says the country has recorded 111 new COVID-19 cases including three related deaths in the last seven days. And Mulalelo says 112 patients, including Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya and his information counterpart Dora Siliya have been discharged. Speaking during the COVID-19 update, Monday,...